sunburn

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English *sunne burnen, *sonne brennen, *sunne brennen (suggested by derivatives sonne brennynge, sunne brennynge (“sunburn”, literally “sun-burning”) and sunne brente (“sunburnt”), equivalent to sun +‎ burn. Compare West Frisian sinnebrân (“sunburn”), Dutch zonnebrand (“sunburn”), German Sonnenbrand (“sunburn”), Swedish solbränna (“sunburn”), and Icelandic sólbruni (“sunburn”), as well as Old English sunbryne (“sunburn”). === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈsʌnˌbɜːn/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈsʌnˌbɝn/ Rhymes: -ʌnbɜn Hyphenation: sun‧burn === Noun === sunburn (countable and uncountable, plural sunburns) A burn on the skin caused by excess exposure to the sun's rays. A burn on the tissue of crop plants or their fruits (especially if they are rich in water like tomatoes, grapes, apples, gooseberries) caused by excess exposure to the sun's rays. Synonym: sunscald (rare) Suntan. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === sunburn (third-person singular simple present sunburns, present participle sunburning, simple past and past participle sunburned or (chiefly Commonwealth) sunburnt) (intransitive) To receive a sunburn. c. 1613, John Webster, The Duchess of Malfi, London: D.N. and T.C., 1678, Act V, Scene 2, p. 64,[1] I have brought Your grace a Salamanders skin, to keep you From sun-burning. 1724, Aaron Hill, The Plain Dealer, No. 81, 28 December, 1724, London: S. Richardson and A. Wilde, Volume 2, p. 199,[2] […] there is a Country, in the World, call’d Turkey; where Women are secur’d against the Danger of Sun-burning, by being kept out of the open Air, and lock’d up, like other Jewels, in Places where no Mischief can reach ’em. (transitive) To burn or tan (someone's skin) by the sun; to allow (a part of one's body) to become sunburnt. ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === unburns